Click for Video The U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Warthog, officially called the Thunderbolt II, can carry a payload of rockets, missiles and bombs, but this fighter jet is basically a flying 30mm Gatling cannon. One of the most effective close-air-support platforms in the...
Four Factors that Make the A-10 Warthog Hard to Replace. Watch this week’s Weekly Whiteboard on the A-10 Thunderbolt II by Lee Cloer. Share this on your social networks. For reference, here’s a still of this week’s whiteboard....
It’s the early morning of January 29, 1991. Twelve Reconnaissance Marines are trapped inside the city of Khafji in Saudi Arabia. They are concealed on the second floor of a building inside this coastal city, surrounded by approximately 400 Iraqi troops and 50 tanks....
Technically, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, is a straight-wing, highly maneuverable, close air support aircraft powered by two turbofans, armed with a Gatling gun, rockets, and other weaponry. However, the A-10 is basically a flying 30mm cannon....
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